Physics 9702 · AS & A Level · Errors and uncertainties

Errors and uncertainties — practice question

When carrying out an experiment, a student should reduce the uncertainty in every measurement as much as possible. In which situation is the student lowering the systematic error in a measurement?

  • Aadjusting a voltmeter needle pointer to the zero position before using it to measure a potential difference
  • Bmeasuring the diameter of a wire at several points and orientations
  • Cmeasuring the mass of $100$ paperclips to determine the mass of one paperclip
  • Dtiming $20$ oscillations of a mass on a spring to determine the period of one oscillation

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